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The striking posters feature refugees who have contributed to Australia: youth worker and activist, Najeeba Wazefadost; founder of Miss Chu restaurants, Nahji Chu; and a world leader in osseointegration surgery, Munjed Al Muderis.

But Dudas stressed that the posters, which were last week stuck up near bus, train and tram stops in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide, weren't there to suggest Australia "should only take people because there is something we can gain from it".

"The posters are just challenging this idea that they're coming here for our welfare or for our jobs. We are trying to negate those ideas and say, 'look, if we treat people well and offer them a hand they can enrich our culture and our country in so many more ways than we do on our own'."